All resources: Sri Lanka

Framework for Sri Lanka’s health workers’ mobility adopting fair and ethical recruitment practices

Crisis response in Sri Lanka

ILO supports crisis-hit Sri Lankan fishers

Vulnerable members of Sri Lanka’s fisher communities in the country’s northern province are gaining much-needed income at a time of economic crisis.

ILO extends short-term income generation support to the most vulnerable to navigate ongoing economic challenges

Prioritizes assistance to youth, persons with disabilities, and women heads of households in Sri Lanka’s Northern province through numerous targeted responses

Livelihood support in Sri Lanka

We are earning an income, navigating a crisis and coming together as a farming community

As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis, people with existing vulnerabilities have been pushed further into poverty, unemployment, and food insecurity. With ILO support, vulnerable members of farming communities in the country’s northern...

Labour migration

Labour migration research on Sri Lanka: What do we know? What don’t we know?

Information on labour migration is scattered across different databases and among diverse stakeholders. Hence, this desk review attempts to analyze such dispersed information and curate them, identifying knowledge gaps to enable evidence-based...

Sustainable reintegration of Sri Lankan migrant workers

The International Labour Organization and Government of Japan join hands together to enhanced socio-economic reintegration and economic...

ILO, IOM and UN Women Joint Press Statement

The Governance of Labour Migration in South and South-East Asia (GOALS) Programme Supports Sustainable and Inclusive Labour Migration...

On this International Migrants' Day, the world lauds the socio-cultural and economic contributions of the 169 million migrant workers around the world, who help boost economies and strengthen the social fabric of communities.

ILO, IOM and UN Women Joint Press Statement

The Governance of Labour Migration in South and South-East Asia (GOALS) Programme Supports Sustainable and Inclusive Labour Migration...

On this International Migrants' Day, the world lauds the socio-cultural and economic contributions of the 169 million migrant workers around the world, who help boost economies and strengthen the social fabric of communities.

Green jobs

Sri Lanka: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet

The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Sri Lanka, as well as...

Capacity building

Just Transition in the Textile and Garment Sector in China - International Summit and Capacity Building Workshop on Green Development and...

This workshop will build the capacity of local government and industrial players on Just Transition planning in the textile and garment sector. The workshop will introduce the Just Transition guidelines and its application (through the Just...

Capacity building

Just Transition in the Textile and Garment Sector in China - International Summit and Capacity Building Workshop on Green Development and...

This workshop will build the capacity of local government and industrial players on Just Transition planning in the textile and garment sector. The workshop will introduce the Just Transition guidelines and its application (through the Just...

Op-Ed

“From multiple crises to a job-rich and inclusive recovery in Sri Lanka”

"What needs to be done? Clearly, dealing with urgency of the economic dimensions of the crisis is a key priority". An opinion editorial by Sher Verick, Head, Employment Strategies for Inclusive Transformation Unit, ILO

Dancing to her own beat

Persons with disabilities face significant obstacles to accessing decent work. Which is why Tharshini believes that sharing her story is important. For her employment at an enterprise in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka not only opened up the world of work,...

Labour market

The labour market implications of Sri Lanka's multiple crises

Trends and challenges in Sri Lanka's labour market from pre-pandemic through COVID-19 and up to the current crisis, followed by policy recommendations.

The Norwegian Embassy and the International Labour Organization come together to improve the economic wellbeing of vulnerable groups

The new project, with an investment of approx. 1.9 million USD, will prioritize decent work opportunities for the most vulnerable and marginalized women and men. It will primarily focus on supporting value chains in the agriculture and fisheries...

Informal economy

The working conditions of home-based workers in Sri Lanka: A literature review

Desk study to identify the nature and extent of home-based work in Sri Lanka, specifically with respect to workers in micro and small enterprises, in the lower tiers of national and global supply chains

Public services

Building a high quality public service in Sri Lanka through workplace reform

The public service is a major employer in Sri Lanka, engaging some 1.4 million people. This Report recommends fundamental changes to the status quo: a new approach to workplace relations; a new human resource capability; new structures, processes...

Video

Putting down roots for peace and development in Sri Lanka

ILO working paper 73

Social dialogue in the Public Services in South Asia

A comparative overview of the laws, institutions and practices in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka

ILO Voices | Local economic development

War in Sri Lanka took everything but I made a new start

Displaced by Sri Lanka’s civil war, Veronica Rosani Susilkumar is making a new life for herself and her family as a groundnut farmer.